Across the oceans, in the land of the free Dreams are crushed as frequently as opportunities Suitcases filled with clothes and regrets And hopes that the future will bring less debt Less fear, less pain, less despair as Our hair greys with the worries of the safety of our children A flag that once stood for freedom, now tarnished with Sins that he covers up with pretty lies, telling us that This is what is meant to be done, and that we shouldn’t worry While children are being ripped from the hands Of their parents, wails slicing the air and the soldiers? Not a single tear, not a single ounce of remorse. Their echoes fill the air, forced to say goodbye too soon, The sobbing not stopping even when the moon comes Behind the smiles, there lies the mountain of lies, Eyes telling a completely different story as he reassures The country that he is doing what is pure. Papers deciding who gets to stay, and not even that now, While others are not allowed to stay here, for some reason somehow. Borders continue to tighten everywhere, and the World keeps turning a blind eye, unaware of anything. Candles flickering in the dark, signs of hope Of freedom, of a better future, a fragile spark. For every loss, the cracks of the hearts resonate And at every gate, hearts of the innocent continue to wait. If this is the home in which we are to stand, Then we will continue to fight, hand in hand. No nation will ever separate us, because we are all the same The same humans, with different colors that we are not to blame for And in all the noise of everything that could ever be wrong, We will still rise as one, fighting you off with our undying song. Every soul, every human, every life, no matter how near or far, Deserves a place, regardless of who or what they are.
